Italy

Italy

Italians who fled to south as north locked down spark new fears

Many student and professionals in Northern Italy headed south as the regions began to lock down. They may have gone to be with their families, but at what cost to other regions?

20/03/2020

Italy

Bergamo hospitals full as Italy's coronavirus nightmare worsens

A doctor at the centre of the COVID-19 pandemic says that patients will have to be turned away.

19/03/2020

World

Pollution levels drop as COVID-19 lockdown continues

Worldwide levels of pollution are dropping in the wake of the economic lockdown aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19

19/03/2020

Italy

Italian doctor dies of coronavirus after working without gloves

Marcello Natali, 57, told Euronews in one of his last interviews before his death that he had to work without gloves because there weren't any available.

18/03/2020

Italy

Sicily confinement: How one couple coped with life on lockdown

More than a week ago a couple from Palermo started their life in a state of complete lockdown. This is what they learned.

17/03/2020

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Italians comply with social distancing rules outside supermarket

Italians on Monday were diligently complying with rules enforced to protect public health in an attempt to stem the spread of the virus.

17/03/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: How much will the Italian theatre industry lose?

In an industry famous for fame but characterised in reality by scant employment and just scraping by, the public health crisis is killing more than individuals.

17/03/2020

Italy

Venice's canals clear as tourists stay away due to coronavirus

The Italian city's waterways are usually plied by thousands of boats.

16/03/2020

Italy

Milan under lockdown – diary of a silent city

Marina is a freelance journalist and photographer. She lives in a flat together with her boyfriend. For the past few weeks, she has kept a diary – she shares her thoughts with Euronews.

16/03/2020

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Italians sing, clap, vow to remain united on virus

Stuck at home due to the new coronavirus pandemic, Italians took to their windows and balconies on Saturday to lift spirits - armed with pots, pans and singing voices.

15/03/2020

Italy

Watch: Satellite data shows Italy's pollution plummet amid lockdown

Nitrogen dioxide emissions have declined in northern Italy since its coronavirus lockdown, data shows.

14/03/2020

Italy

What's it like travelling through Italy amid the COVID-19 lockdown?

Journalist Michele Carlino guides us through a trip from Calabria to Lyon and finds the situation is worlds apart once we reach France.

14/03/2020

Italy

Watch: Italians defy lockdown by filling the streets with song

‘Canto della Verbena’ is the traditional song from the Tuscan town of Siena.

13/03/2020

Italy

Coronavirus: Former Italian PM Mario Monti on Europe's 'slow' reaction

"Why have other European countries' reactions been so slow when they already had the Italian example?"

13/03/2020

Italy

COVID-19: Italy doctors 'forced to choose which patients get ICU care'

A nurse in Lombardy tells Euronews that medical staff are being forced to decide who gets crucial treatment and who does not.

12/03/2020

World

UK is '2 to 3 weeks' behind Italy, says disease control expert

"The appropriate timing for the introduction of quarantine measures is what will determine how effective they are. If they are introduced too soon they might not be sustained, if they are introduced too late they might not be effective" - Dr. Michael Tildesley.

11/03/2020

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Museums closed by the Italian government in anti-virus measures

Popular tourist sites in Italy were shut down on Sunday as the Italian government took drastic measures to stop the coronavirus spread.

09/03/2020

Italy

Death toll rises in Italian prisons as inmates riot over COVID-19 rule

The riots were triggered by emergency restrictions imposed amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

09/03/2020

Italy

Women's rights organisations fear eviction in Rome

Being a woman is no guarantee for being feminist. Women's rights organisations in Rome accuse the mayor of lack of protection, as they face eviction.

08/03/2020

Italy

Italy coronavirus shutdown: how the emergency measures work

The coronavirus decree announced by PM Giuseppe Conte covers Lombardy and surrounding provinces in northern Italy, imposing major restrictions on around a quarter of the country’s population.

08/03/2020

Italy

Lambrusco fans in northern Italy get wine on tap - literally

Due to an error in the local winery, wine entered the main water supply and caused many locals to drink it immediately!

06/03/2020

Italy

How Italian schools stay operational amid COVID-19 shutdown

Schools in Italy are testing remote teaching methods after the country shut schools and universities as part of its response to the coronavirus outbreak

06/03/2020

Sport

'You are the biggest clown': Inter Milan chief's coronavirus tirade

The 28-year-old president called league president Paolo Dal Pino "the biggest and darkest clown I have ever seen".

03/03/2020

Italy

'Half of world's sandy beaches could disappear due to climate change'

They could disappear by the end of the century if action is not taken to halt climate change, it's claimed.

03/03/2020

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Light, lifelike and affordable: EU researchers develop innovative bionic hand

In partnership with The European Commission

Engineers and researchers working in tandem have developped a robotic prosthetic that closely imitates the 'natural architecture' and synergy of the hand.

02/03/2020

My Europe Series

How the Genoa bridge collapse exposed Italy’s crumbling motorways

There are about twenty badly-damaged motorway bridges in Italy currently under investigation. There are also 200 illegal tunnels, which don't comply with European standards

28/02/2020